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Just as Team USA’s World Cup victory over Iran qualified it for the knockout round, my fiance and I headed for a late lunch at the pub around the corner. In the heart of Old Town Alexandria, where Joe Biden beat Donald Trump by 55 points in 2020, dozens of Virginians decided to pack the place on a dreary Tuesday afternoon — some of them clad in American flag gear — to stand and salute the national anthem and cheer on the stars and stripes.

Hope in terms of changing that through sanctions, it will take decades. 33 years ago, 1989, i saw the students in tiananmen square bring the chinese state to a frozen halt for a month. and then, of course, the massacre that followed. nobody in the west thinks that the chinese communist party will lose its power over china. is it possible that what happened in 1989 might happen again? what happened in tiananmen square was a moment that has defined, if you like, everything that has happened since....

And then, of course, the massacre that followed. nobody in the west thinks that the chinese communist party will lose its power over china. is it possible that what happened in 1989 might happen again? what happened in tiananmen square was a moment that has defined, if you like, everything that has happened since. the chinese communist party, from that moment in 1989, made up its mind. it believed, and still does, that the reason the soviet union fell apart was through weakness, was through tole...

Made up its mind. it believed, and still does, that the reason the soviet union fell apart was through weakness, was through tolerating western values, by allowing those cracks to open up, into which those freedoms started to filter in. civil society organisations, dissidence not being restrained strongly enough. and i think the lesson that china has learned is that, you know, to hold on to power, you have to be absolutely ruthless. we do now find ourselves, once again, despite all of those thou...

To a frozen halt for a month. and then, of course, the massacre that followed. nobody in the west thinks that the chinese communist party will lose its power over china. is it possible that what happened in 1989 might happen again? what happened in tiananmen square was a moment that has defined, if you like, everything that has happened since. the chinese communist party, from that moment in 1989, made up its mind. it believed, and still does, that the reason the soviet union fell apart was thro...

Of staying connected with the uk and western values while living in egypt. sally el hosaini ended up working on bbc programmes as a researcher, script editor and script consultant 20 years ago. she feels she picked up skills at the bbc which she put to good use in her first feature film, the 2012 picture my brother the devil. a lot of stories i am attracted to have those real roots, even the swimmers, which i havejust made, is based on a true story of the mardini sisters, who were syrian refugee...

It was pre—internet, so that was my source of staying connected with the uk and western values while living in egypt. sally el hosaini ended up working on bbc programmes as a researcher, script editor and script consultant 20 years ago. she feels she picked up skills at the bbc which she put to good use in her first feature film, the 2012 picture my brother the devil. a lot of stories i am attracted to have those real roots, even the swimmers, which i havejust made, is based on a true story of...

It was pre—internet, so that was my source of staying connected with the uk and western values while living in egypt. sally el hosaini ended up working on bbc programmes as a researcher, script editor and script consultant 20 years ago. she feels she picked up skills at the bbc which she put to good use in her first feature film, the 2012 picture my brother the devil. a lot of stories i am attracted to have those real roots, even the swimmers which i havejust made, is based on a true story of ...

And it took a while to heat up, once you turned it on, but then it would stay on most of the day. radio: the bbc world service... crosstalk. and so i remember being connected to music, news, culture, political discussion — all through the radio. and this is an era where it was pre—internet, so that was my source of staying connected with the uk and western values while living in egypt. sally el hosaini ended up working on bbc programmes as a researcher, script editor and script consultant 20...